Social Security Preservation Act of 2007

Social Security/Government Pension Offset. H.R. 82, S. 206, H.R. 726, H.R. 2772, H.R. 2988, S. 1254, S. 1647: proposals to modify or repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. Social Security/Trust Funds. H.R. 4338, S. 302, H.R.219, H.R. 581, H.R. 4664, H.R. 1353: provisions relating to the establishment of a procedure safeguarding the Social Security Trust Funds; the investment of Social Security trust funds; and the budgetary treatment of Social Security trust funds. Social Security/Cost-of-Living-Adjustments. H.R. 1953, H.R. 2032, H.R. 4807, S. 2501, H.R. 5317: provisions pertaining to the development of a Consumer Price Index to reflect senior spending; the impact of Medicare premiums on Social Security cost-of-living adjustments and Social Security recipient benefit levels; and amending the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 making it out of order for Congress to reduce Social Security benefits or cost-of-living increases. Social Security/Private Accounts. H.R. 1090, H.R. 2002, H.R. 4181, S. 2765, S.Amdt. 4328: provisions to establish Social Security private accounts. Pension Security. H.R. 5543, S. 1288, S. 1725: provisions affecting the protection of pension benefits and the retirement security of women and small business owners. National Senior Volunteer Corps. H.R. 2857, H.R. 5563: provisions pertaining to reauthorizing national and community service programs benefiting older Americans.

Client expense: $480,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security Trust Fund. The issue to invest the annual surplus of the Trust fund in marketable interest bearing obligations of the United States and certificates of deposits in institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and to protect the Trust Funds from the public debt. HR 192 Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act. Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. The issue of reducing taxes on Social Security benefits. S 302 Social Security Lock Box. Legislation to establish a procedure to safeguard the Social Security Trust Fund. The issue to require a detailed proposal for Social Security Reform legislation before any moneis from the Trust Fund could be used by Congress for budget items.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security Trust fund by requiring investments of the annual surplus of the fund and protect the fund from th epublic debt limit. The issue of ivesting the surplus rather than borrowing from it. H.R. 192 Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act. Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. The issue of reducting taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.1090 Social Security Guarantee Plus Act. Legilsation to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program by creating personal Social Security guarantee accounts which would ensure full benefits for all workers and their families while restoring long-term Social Security solvency. The issue of personal Social Security guarantee accounts. S. 302 Social Security Lock Box. Legislation to establish the safeguarding of the Social Security Trust Fund. The issue of requiring Congress to establish a detailed proposal for Social Security reform before any monies for the Social Security Trust fund could be used by Congress for budget items.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

H.R. 2213, Captive Supply Reform Act H.R. 1018, To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing or carryin gout a National Animal Identification System or similar requirement and to require the Secretary to protect information obtained as part of any voluntary identification system. H.R. 2301, Livestock Identification and Marketing Opportunities Act S. 1017, Captive Supply Reform Act S. 305, A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act (1921), to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed or control livestock intended for slaughter S. 394, Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 661, Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act S. 662, Competitive and Fair Agriculture Markets Act H.R. 213, Competitive and Fair Agriculture Markets Act S. 786, To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient markets and increase competitions and transparency among packers that purchase livestock from producers. H.R. 219, Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2008 S. 2302, Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 H.R. 962, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007 S. 549, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007 H.R. 3697, Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act Animal Drug User Fee Act Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act

Client expense: $288,857 · Firm income: Not reported

Social Security/Private Accounts. H.R. 1090, H.R. 2002, H.R. 4181, H.R. 6110, S. 2765, S.Amdt. 4328: provisions to establish Social Security private accounts. Social Security/Trust Funds. H.R. 4338, S. 302, H.R.219, H.R. 581, H.R. 4664, H.R. 1353: provisions relating to the establishment of a procedure safeguarding the Social Security Trust Funds; the investment of Social Security trust funds; and the budgetary treatment of Social Security trust funds. Social Security Benefits. Proposals relating to Social Security widows and spousal benefits; the minimum benefit; and the Medicare 24-month waiting period for disability benefits. Social Security/Government Pension Offset. H.R. 82, S. 206, H.R. 726, H.R. 2772, H.R. 2988, S. 1254, S. 1647: proposals to modify or repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provision.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Social Security/Government Pension Offset. H.R. 82, S. 206, H.R. 726, H.R. 2772, H.R. 2988, S. 1254, S. 1647: proposals to modify or repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. Social Security/Trust Funds. H.R. 4338, S. 302, H.R.219, H.R. 581, H.R. 4664, H.R. 1353: provisions relating to the establishment of a procedure safeguarding the Social Security Trust Funds; the investment of Social Security trust funds; and the budgetary treatment of Social Security trust funds. Social Security/Cost-of-Living-Adjustments. H.R. 1953, H.R. 2032, H.R. 4807, S. 2501, H.R. 5317: provisions pertaining to the development of a Consumer Price Index to reflect senior spending; the impact of Medicare premiums on Social Security cost-of-living adjustments and Social Security recipient benefit levels; and amending the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 making it out of order for Congress to reduce Social Security benefits or cost-of-living increases. Social Security/Private Accounts. H.R. 1090, H.R. 2002, H.R. 4181, S. 2765, S.Amdt. 4328: provisions to establish Social Security private accounts. Pension Security/Women and Small Businesses. H.R. 5543, S. 1288, S. 1725: provisions affecting the protection of pension benefits and the retirement security of women and small business owners. Pension Security/National Economic Downturn. H.R. 3361, S. 1974, H.R. 7327: provisions easing pension funding requirements for companies, granting seniors a temporary reprieve from required withdrawals from their tax-advantaged investment accounts, and improving spousal pension protections (extending tier two railroad retirement benefits to surviving former spouses). National Senior Volunteer Corps. H.R. 2857, H.R. 5563: provisions pertaining to reauthorizing national and community service programs benefiting older Americans.

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security Trust Fund. The issue to invest the annual surplus of the Trust Fund in marketable interest bearing obligations of the United States and certificates of depositi in institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and to protect the Trust funds from the public debt. H.R. 192 Social Secuirty Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act. Legislation to amend the Interanl Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993increase in taxes on Social Secuirty Benefits. The issue of reducing taxes on Social Security Benefits. S. 302 Social Security Lock Box. Legislation to establish a rocedure to safeguard the Social Security Trust Fund. The isse to require a detailed proposal for Social Security Reform legislation before any monies for the Trust fund could be used by Congress for budget items.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Secuirty Trust Fund by requiring investments of the annual surplus of the fund and protect the fund from the public debt limit. The issue of investing the surplus rather than borrowing from it. H.R. 192 Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act. Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. The issue of reducing taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R. 1090 Social Security Guarantee Plus Act. Legislation to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program by creating personal Social Security guarantee accounts which would ensure full benefits for all workers and their familites while restoring long-term Social Security solvency,. The issue of personal Social Secuirty guarantee accounts. S. 302 Social Security Lock Box. Legislation to establish the safeguarding of the Social Security Trust Fund. The issue of requiring Congress to establish a detailed proposal for Social Secuirty reform before any monies for the Social Security Trust Fund culd be used by Congress for budget items.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Social Security/Private Accounts. H.R. 1090, H.R. 2002, H.R. 4181, H.R. 6110, S. 2765, S.Amdt. 4328: provisions to establish Social Security private accounts. Social Security/Trust Funds. H.R. 4338, S. 302, H.R.219, H.R. 581, H.R. 4664, H.R. 1353: provisions relating to the establishment of a procedure safeguarding the Social Security Trust Funds; the investment of Social Security trust funds; and the budgetary treatment of Social Security trust funds. Social Security Benefits: proposals relating to Social Security widows and spousal benefits; the minimum benefit; and the Medicare 24-month waiting period for disability benefits. Social Security/Government Pension Offset. H.R. 82, S. 206, H.R. 726, H.R. 2772, H.R. 2988, S. 1254, S. 1647: proposals to modify or repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provision.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Social Security/Government Pension Offset. H.R. 82, S. 206, H.R. 726, H.R. 2772, H.R. 2988, S. 1254, S. 1647: proposals to modify or repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. Social Security/Trust Funds. H.R. 4338, S. 302, H.R.219, H.R. 581, H.R. 4664, H.R. 1353: provisions relating to the establishment of a procedure safeguarding the Social Security Trust Funds; the investment of Social Security trust funds; and the budgetary treatment of Social Security trust funds. Social Security/Cost-of-Living-Adjustments. H.R. 1953, H.R. 2032, H.R. 4807, S. 2501, H.R. 5317: provisions pertaining to the development of a Consumer Price Index to reflect senior spending; the impact of Medicare premiums on Social Security cost-of-living adjustments and Social Security recipient benefit levels; and amending the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 making it out of order for Congress to reduce Social Security benefits or cost-of-living increases. Social Security/Private Accounts. H.R. 1090, H.R. 2002, H.R. 4181, S. 2765, S.Amdt. 4328: provisions to establish Social Security private accounts. Pension Security. H.R. 5543, S. 1288, S. 1725: provisions affecting the protection of pension benefits and the retirement security of women and small business owners. National Senior Volunteer Corps. H.R. 2857, H.R. 5563: provisions pertaining to reauthorizing national and community service programs benefiting older Americans.

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Secruity Trust Fund. The issue to invest the annual surplus of the Trust Fund in marketable interest bearing obligations of the United States and certificates of deposit in institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and to protect the Trust funds from the public debt. H.R. 192 Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act. Legislation to amend the the Internal Reveneue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security Benefits. The issue of reducing taxes on Social Security Benefits. S. 302 Social Security Lock Box. Legislation to establish a procedure to safeguard the Social Security Trust Fund. The issue to require a detailed proposal for Social Secuirty Reform legislation before any monies for the Trust Fund could be used by Congress for budget items.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security Trust Fund by recquiring investments of the annual surplus of the fund and protect the fund from the public debt limit. The issue of investing the surplus rather than borrowing from in. H.R. 219 Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act. Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. The issue of reducing taxes of Social Security benefits. H.R. 1090 Social Security Guarantee Plus Act. Legislation to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program by creating personal Social Security guarantee accounts which would ensure full benefits for all worker and their families while restoring long-term Social Security solvency. The issue of personal Social Security guarantee accounts. S. 302 Social Security Lock Box. Legislation to establish safeduarding of the Social Security Trust Fund. The issue of requiring Congress to establish a detailed proposal for Soical Security reform before any monies for the Social Security Trust Fund could be used by Congress for budget items.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Social Security/Government Pension Offset. H.R. 82, S. 206, H.R. 726, H.R. 2772, H.R. 2988, S. 1254, S. 1647: proposals to modify or repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. Social Security/Trust Funds. H.R. 4338, S. 302, H.R.219, H.R. 581, H.R. 4664, H.R. 1353: provisions relating to the establishment of a procedure safeguarding the Social Security Trust Funds; the investment of Social Security trust funds; and the budgetary treatment of Social Security trust funds. Social Security/Cost-of-Living-Adjustments. H.R. 1953, H.R. 2032, H.R. 4807, S. 2501, H.R. 5317: provisions pertaining to the development of a Consumer Price Index to reflect senior spending; the impact of Medicare premiums on Social Security cost-of-living adjustments and Social Security recipient benefit levels; and amending the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 making it out of order for Congress to reduce Social Security benefits or cost-of-living increases. Social Security/Private Accounts. H.R. 1090, H.R. 2002, H.R. 4181, S. 2765, S.Amdt. 4328: provisions to establish Social Security private accounts. Pension Security. H.R. 5543, S. 1288, S. 1725: provisions affecting the protection of pension benefits and the retirement security of women and small business owners. National Senior Volunteer Corps. H.R. 2857, H.R. 5563: provisions pertaining to reauthorizing national and community service programs benefiting older Americans.

Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Social Security/Private Accounts. H.R. 1090, H.R. 2002, H.R. 4181, H.R. 6110, S. 2765, S.Amdt. 4328: provisions to establish Social Security private accounts. Social Security/Trust Funds. H.R. 4338, S. 302, H.R.219, H.R. 581, H.R. 4664, H.R. 1353: provisions relating to the establishment of a procedure safeguarding the Social Security Trust Funds; the investment of Social Security trust funds; and the budgetary treatment of Social Security trust funds. Social Security Benefits. Unnumbered proposals relating to Social Security widows and spousal benefits; the minimum benefit; and the Medicare 24-month waiting period for disability benefits. Social Security/Government Pension Offset. H.R. 82, S. 206, H.R. 726, H.R. 2772, H.R. 2988, S. 1254, S. 1647: proposals to modify or repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provision.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Social Security/Government Pension Offset. H.R. 82, S. 206, H.R. 726, H.R. 2772, H.R. 2988, S. 1254, S. 1647: proposals to modify or repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. Social Security/Trust Funds. H.R. 4338, S. 302, H.R.219, H.R. 581, H.R. 4664, H.R. 1353: provisions relating to the establishment of a procedure safeguarding the Social Security Trust Funds; the investment of Social Security trust funds; and the budgetary treatment of Social Security trust funds. Social Security/Cost-of-Living-Adjustments. H.R. 1953, H.R. 2032, H.R. 4807, S. 2501, H.R. 5317: provisions pertaining to the development of a Consumer Price Index to reflect senior spending; the impact of Medicare premiums on Social Security cost-of-living adjustments and Social Security recipient benefit levels; and amending the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 making it out of order for Congress to reduce Social Security benefits or cost-of-living increases. Social Security/Private Accounts. H.R. 1090, H.R. 2002, H.R. 4181, S. 2765, S.Amdt. 4328: provisions to establish Social Security private accounts. Pension Security. H.R. 5543, S. 1288, S. 1725: provisions affecting the protection of pension benefits and the retirement security of women and small business owners. National Senior Volunteer Corps. H.R. 2857, H.R. 5563: provisions pertaining to reauthorizing national and community service programs benefiting older Americans.

Client expense: $480,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the social Security Trust Fund. The issue to invest the annual surplus of the trust Fund in marketable interest bearing bligations of the United States and certificates of deposit in institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and to protect the Trust Funds for the public debt. H.R. 192 Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act. Legislation to amend the Interanl Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. The issue of reducing taxes on Social Security benefits. S. 302 Social Security Lock Box. Legislation to establish a procedure to safeguard the Social Secruity Trust Fund. The issue to require a detailed proposal for Social Security Reform legislation before any monies for the Trust Fund could be used by Congress for budget items.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security Trust Fund by requiring investment of the annual surplus of the fund and protect the fund from the public debt limit. The issue of investing the surplous rather than borrowing from it. H.R. 192 Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act. Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. The issue of reducing taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R. 1090 Social Security Guarantee Plus Act. Legislation to amend the Social Security Act and the Interanal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strenghten the Social Security Program by creating personal Social Security guarantee accounts which would ensure full benefits for all workers and their families while restoring long-term Social Security solvency. The issue of personal Social Security guarnatee accounts. S. 302 Social Security Lock Box. Legislation to establish safeguarding of the Social Security Turst Fund. The issue of requiring Congress to establish a detailed proposal for Social Security reform before any monies for the Social Security Trust Fund could be used by Congress for budget items.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Social Security/Private Accounts. H.R. 1090, H.R. 2002, H.R. 4181, S. 2765, S.Amdt. 4328: provisions to establish Social Security private accounts. Social Security/Trust Funds. H.R. 4338, S. 302, H.R.219, H.R. 581, H.R. 4664, H.R. 1353: provisions relating to the establishment of a procedure safeguarding the Social Security Trust Funds; the investment of Social Security trust funds; and the budgetary treatment of Social Security trust funds. Social Security Benefits. Proposals relating to Social Security widows and spousal benefits; the minimum benefit; and the Medicare 24-month waiting period for disability benefits. Social Security/Government Pension Offset. H.R. 82, S. 206, H.R. 726, H.R. 2772, H.R. 2988, S. 1254, S. 1647: proposals to modify or repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provision.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to ament Title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security Trust Fund. The issue to invest the annual surplus of the Trust fund in marketable interest bearing obligations of the United States and certificates of deposit in institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and to protect the Trust Funds from the public debt.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security Trust Funds by requiring the investment of the annual surplus of the fund and to protect the fund from the public debt limit. the issue of investing the surplus rather than borrowing from it.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 192 Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act . Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. The issue of reducing taxes on Social Security benefits. S. 302 Social Security Lock Box of 2007. Legislation to establish a procedure to safeguard the Social Security Trust Funds. The issue to require a detailed proposal for Social Security Reform legislation before any monies for the Trust Fund could be used by Congress for budget items. H.R. 219 Social Security Preservation Act. Legislation to amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the intergirty of the Social Security Trust Fund. The issue to invest the annual surplus of the Trust Fund in marketable interest bearing obligations of the United States and certificates of deposit in institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and to protect the Trust Funds from the public debt limit.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

H.R.69: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions. H.R.726: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds a minimum COLA-adjusted amount of $2,500 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such minimum amount. H.R.732: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 10 to 5 the number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title. H.R.1090: To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. H.R.1158: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce. H.R.1160: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. H.R.1161: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service. H.R.1349: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.1380: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month, and for other purposes. H.R.2032: To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. H.R.2103: To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. H.R.2167: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. H.R.2355: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the authority for penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by military reservists or national guardsmen called to active duty for extended periods. H.R.2591:To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty. H.R. 2657: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension plans and welfare plans based on the misclassification or reclassification of their status. H.R.2683: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds. S.43: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect. S.137: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional beneficiary protections. S.190: A bill to provide a technical correction to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S.191: A bill to provide relief for all air carriers with pension plans that are not frozen pension plans. S.355: A bill to establish a National Commission on Entitlement Solvency. S.1010: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. S.1141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. S.1254: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. S.1270: A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. S.1288: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. S.1533: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain coins to be acquired by individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, and for other purposes. S.1636: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 1725: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, U.S. Code, to improve the protection of pension benefits, and for other purposes. S.RES.67: A resolution designating March 2007 as "Go Direct Month". S.RES.240: A resolution designating October 21 through October 27, 2007, as "National Save for Retirement Week". H.R.82: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. H.R.93: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits. H.R.138: To require an employer to take action after receiving official notice that an individual's Social Security account number does not match the individual's name, and for other purposes. H.R.149: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such title, and for other purposes. H.R.191: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. H.R.192: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.219: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security trust funds by requiring the Managing Trustee to invest the annual surplus of such trust funds in marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States and certificates of deposit in depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to protect such trust funds from the public debt limit. H.R.279: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for Congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements. H.R.288: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula for workers affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly. H.R.332: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals while such individuals were not citizens or nationals of the United States and were illegally in the United States shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such title. H.R.340: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least 10 years. H.R.341: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse. H.R.368: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes. H.R.581: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund. H.R.709: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and to prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States and are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States.